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Situates Pauline analysis within the context of early Christian institutions. Examines the hermeneutics of reception-historical studies.
Embedded in modern print culture, biblical scholars have been projecting the assumptions and concepts of print culture onto the texts they interpret. In the ancient world from which those texts originate, however, literacy was confined to only a small number of educated scribes. And, as recent research has shown, even the literate scribes learned texts by repeated recitation, while the nonliterate ordinary people had little if any direct contact with written scrolls. The texts that had taken distinctive form, moreover, were embedded in a broader and deeper cultural repertoire cultivated orally in village communities as well as in scribal circles. Only recently have some scholars struggled to...
This volume makes available a collection of the most important and influential modern articles on the Didache or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, many of them appearing in English for the first time. Leading Jewish and Christian scholars in the field represented in the volume include G. Alon, J-P. Audet, E. Bammel, J. Betz, J.A. Draper, D. Flusser, A. de Halleux, E. Mazza, K. Niederwimmer, W. Rordorf, G. Schöllgen, H.R. Seeliger and C.M. Tuckett. Essays included provide a representative sample of most aspects of study of this first-century Christian writing, documenting an increasing scholarly interest in its importance for the understanding of Christian origins. The editor provides an extensive review of scholarship on the Didache in the past fifty years, outlining its major trends and implications.
In the Bible, there is a drama of defining who are truly God's people—and who are not. Using an array of biblical texts from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Not God's People explores how ancient Jews and Christians created their own identity in relation to others. The book analyzes how biblical texts define 'us' and 'them,' how these texts differ in the way they define group identity, and how this process continues to be re-created by Jews and Christians today. Not God's People asks questions such as: How is the outsider defined? Is the ideal insider defined as the opposite of the outsider? It follows up with related questions such as: How were these definitions of 'we' and 'other' in the ancient communities used by later Jews and Christians? Are the processes of community and enemy formation found in the Bible exhibited in most other cultures as well? Not God's People ultimately shows that though the Bible's definitions of the insider and outsider changes dramatically over time, the process are enduring, and eternally true.
The Draper family is well-known in social circles in Boulder, Colorado. On the surface, their life seems perfect: they’re rich, well-connected, and content. It isn't long, though, before Georgie discovers that all is not as it seems. Twelve-year-old Charlotte Draper begs Georgie for help to clear her older brother, Ricky, of the crime of which he's been accused so he can be welcomed back into the family. After enlisting Tammy's help to infiltrate the Draper household, Georgie soon has a list of suspects. The question is, why would anyone want to frame Ricky, the eldest son and heir to the Draper fortune? What possible motive could they have? Georgie finds herself going around in circles trying to get at the truth. Is Ricky's too-handsome-to-be-true brother Jonathan at the bottom of all this—or is it his self-serving cousins Tyler and Alexis? Or is it someone else targeting the Draper heir? This time, it’s an almost insurmountable challenge for Georgie and her Crystal Ball Investigation Team…
Anglican, Benedictine monk, Dom Gregory Dix (1901-52) was at the heart of studies of liturgy and worship in the Church of England. He was a prolific author whose magnum opus, The Shape of the Liturgy (1945), has remained on the publishers' shelves to this day. A Very Anglican Monk studies many aspects of Dix's life and works.
“ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL READS!” Take one eighth-generation gypsy who is unwilling to admit that she has a gift for foretelling the future. Add a likable and slightly eccentric group of friends who love the retro lifestyle and follow Georgie into one madcap adventure after another… … and you have a foolproof recipe for a unique mystery series! Forget the body count - you won’t find dead bodies piling up here: just intriguing puzzles that need a gypsy fortune-teller (and her friends) to unravel the clues! ENJOY BOOKS 6-10 of the GEORGIE B. GOODE MYSTERY SERIES Book 6 - TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE: Twelve-year-old Charlotte Draper begs Georgie for help to clear her older brother, Ricky, of the ...
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